Fallout Equestria: The Stars Are Left

Prolouge: The End

"The end of the world occurred much as we had predicted"

Canterlot. It was like every other city. It had nobles, common ponies and peasants alike. Me? I'm Clockwork, here on business. Ironclad industries wanted me to personally go here and show one of my newest inventions to the higher-ups. Looks like that isn't happening any time soon. At least those bombs hitting the shield above me don't seem to think so.

That's when I looked down. What greeted me were countless commoners, nobles and peasants alike, running from something. Something pink and probably dangerous. Not wanting to get crushed by the incoming wave of ponies, I ran too, the stable might not have closed yet.

Alas, it had. I looked at the huge metal door shaped like a gear and I, like the others behind me, just stared in shock. Snapping out of it, I galloped to the closest building. I shut the door as the pink swarmed over the it. Luckily, it seemed to be somewhat airtight. Unluckily, a window was open. I jumped through the pink mist that slowly seeped in and galloped upstairs. From that tiny amount of exposure, my PipBuck was screaming health alarms at me. I was the only one to think about going upstairs, though higher ground wasn't going to help me against gas. Jumping out of a window was the only way out and this building was quite high, even from just the second floor. I located an elevator and got into it pressing the button to go to the floor underneath of the roof. The elevator took me upwards into the skyscraper and when I stepped out there was not a single soul there. The elevator doors closed behind me and it went down. Unfortunately for me that meant the pink gas from the roof was now swarming in. This world really didn't want me to live, did it?

Not finding any way out except for a very long fall and a broken body, I simply trotted around like an idiot. Until I found the fire hose. Well, might as well try something. I activated the flow of the hose and it sprayed water all over the room. If I were any less lucky then I would have died right there. But as it turns out, the pink gas mixes extremely well with water. So now there was bright pink water covering the floor, the pool continuously getting bigger. The elevator returned up, blocking the flow of pink gas coming from the outside, saving my ass. I was so unbelievably lucky I wondered why my name wasn't Lucky 37. And then I saw that the person coming up the elevator was none other than a zebra with a deactivated stealth cloak, coughing violently. At closer inspection the stealth cloak seemed to be stuck to him. Something dawned on me. Stealth cloaks were illegal in cities. Who was this zebra?

Upon sighting me he immediately started galloping towards me with murder in his eyes and a machete in his mouth. I still had my suitcase with me. The weapon was a prototype, though a good one at that. I levitated the strange-looking energy weapon out of the briefcase and fired. The weapon was based on something that had been found inside of a meteor. The strange energy weapon had a stunning 100% chance to completely disintegrate the target. This prototype had an 82% chance to do so.  The odds were against me however and his right eye was now burnt flesh. He staggered a bit as I triggered my PipBucks S.A.T.S. function and aced him in the face again, this time however, he was ash on the ground, only his saddlebags were left.

There was a note in the bags.

"The ponies have gone too far. They did so upon choosing Nightmare Moon as their leader. You must plant this bomb in the center of Canterlot and put an end to them all. It will release a pink gas that will hopefully kill everything, do not let it touch you. Kill eventual survivors and get out if you can."

Nobody informed them about Luna's recovery? Are you fucking kidding me?! Oh fuck we are stupid. The end of the world occurred from a fucking misunderstanding. Everyone I knew was killed by a misunderstanding... I got into the elevator and pushed the first-floor button. I was gonna face this cloud like a stallion. And I was gonna fucking die in it.

The doors opened and I calmly walked out. Although I could barely see anything through the mist I saw silhouettes of malformed sculptures. Everything inside of me protested at the environment and my PipBuck basically shouted "You will die!". I wandered around slowly doing so among hundreds - if not thousands of deformed corpses stuck in the ground. The creepy thing was that, in the dark pink haze, completely silent, was the first serene moment I'd had in years, apart from the constant pain. I wandered around the city for a while until suddenly I fell down some stairs and injured my hindleg. Now I was crawling. Suddenly my hoof touched water. Water... was this... the waterfall? I rolled into the stream, hoping to waste away and die slowly, like everyone else had. The last thing I saw was the brightly colored pink lake that had formed against the princesses shield. Slowly drowning, I faded away into deep unconsciousness.

Footnote:

Clockwork:

Special:

Strength: 5

Perception: 3

Endurance: 5

Charisma: 5

Intelligence: 8

Agility: 10

Luck: 5

Level up!

New perk: Years of Experience [Weapon Designer] - Your years of experience as a weapon designer has left you with incredible knowledge in the Repair and Guns skills.

New quest perk: Canterlot Ghoulism -- Your exposure to the pink cloud has made you into a Canterlot ghoul! You're very tough to take down and in fact, the only way of doing so is to vaporize or dismember you. Also, your PipBuck is permanently stuck to your leg, tough luck!